Virgin Mother, Maiden Queen: Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary
Was Elizabeth I worshipped by her subjects? Many twentieth-century scholars have suggested that the Virgin Queen was a cult-figure who replaced the Virgin Mary. But how could this be in a Protestant state officially opposed to idolatry? Helen Hackett examines these issues through readings of a wide variety of Elizabethan texts. She traces some of the cross-currents in Elizabethan culture, and considers both Elizabeth and the Virgin Mary in terms of the history of representations of gender, sexuality and power.
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Virgin Mother, Maiden Queen: Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary
Was Elizabeth I worshipped by her subjects? Many twentieth-century scholars have suggested that the Virgin Queen was a cult-figure who replaced the Virgin Mary. But how could this be in a Protestant state officially opposed to idolatry? Helen Hackett examines these issues through readings of a wide variety of Elizabethan texts. She traces some of the cross-currents in Elizabethan culture, and considers both Elizabeth and the Virgin Mary in terms of the history of representations of gender, sexuality and power.
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Virgin Mother, Maiden Queen: Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary
303Hardcover(1994)
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ISBN-13: | 9780333566640 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication date: | 10/26/1994 |
Series: | Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary |
Edition description: | 1994 |
Pages: | 303 |
Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d) |
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